News: blood test/ pregnancy

[claudiarivas]

Hello to all my friends!!
I have some news to share
First, I had some blood test done on carlitos and I am so happy to tell you that his liver levels ARE EXCELLENT, his colesterol is as well.........the only thing that came out a bit high was his triglycerides levels, but he did have milk at 5 am ( his blood sample was taken at 8am) so that might have trigger it a bit...

Obviously I am so happy and so grateful!

Another news is I just found out I am pregnant with baby number TWO!!
So, even though I obviously didnt follow an HFI diet when I was pregnant with carlitos , is still crosses my mind, whether he was born with some unknown liver damage due to my diet...
I am a little concern, just in case my second one is having trouble with our friend aldolase B as well... jejeje


I hope all of you are doing great

Have an awesome day
CLaudia

[nicoleh]

Hi Claudia,
Congratulations on your pregnancy and also on Carlitos doing so well!
All foetuses, HFI or not, produce Aldolase A in their tissues, and this is unaffected in HFI. Aldolase B is progressively produced during liver development. I don't know when that starts, but even as a newborn their level of Aldolase B is still not as high as an adult as some A and C forms are still present and active. Here's the easiest quote I can find on the subject:

"The level of aldolase B mRNA is higher in the adult (Fig. 2, row
1) than in the normal newborn littermate liver (Fig. 2, row 3).
This is not unexpected, since aldolase B has been shown to
progressively replace the fetal isozymes, aldolases A and C,
during rat liver development"

This comes from here: www.pnas.org/content/82/8/2442.full.pdf

Of course this is rats, and there may be some minor differences in humans, but it's unlikely. I have read many references to mammals expressing Aldolase A in development.

So anyway, you definitely don't need to worry about eating fructose at least until the last couple of months. after that, you could try emailing Dr Tolan at the Boston University lab and ask him when the enzyme starts to change to Aldolase B. If you do, please let us know his response! I presume that since it's only just starting to take over from Aldolase A and C even at that point, you probably would only worry about not overdoing it, like maybe not eating lots of dessert and maybe no juice? But I don't know if even that is needed.
Good luck for a healthy pregnancy!
Nicole

[Tammy]

congratulations! How exciting!
You don't have to worry about what you eat. Not even at the end. Your liver will take care of all the fructose. I was told this by several doctors. Also, this is the reason why my daughter didn't have any liver damage until she was several months old and eating sugar herself.
You also don't have to worry about what you eat while breastfeeding, at least from an HFI viewpoint. So Baby #2 will be just fine until you know if he is HFI or not.

[ukbill]

I want to add my congratulations too

I look forward to seeing pictures of another lovely baby in due course.

Ans such good news about Carlitos too

As far as medical silence is concerned following a stick HFI diet as a brooding or nursing mother is definitely not required or advised.. you do need to eat those Green Vegetables (and take Folic acid supplement as well) particularly in the early months.

However for both yours and baby's health's sake avoiding high sugar drinks and foods (like Coke and cakes with icing)and keeping your blood sugar reasonably level and normal is a very good idea!

There is now lots of research data about mothers who have very high blood sugar levels during pregnancy producing children who are born with Metabolic syndrome (the precursor to Diabetes)and the children having difficulty dealing with any food which is not very high in sugars and fats.

These children are usually Obese from a very early age. It was thought this was due to baby eating the same diet as mother. A recent study into children adopted at birth from clinically obese mothers has proved this not to be the case.

However if you fancy a piece of cake occasionally this is not going to be a problem is it

Congratulations again and do not obsess about your diet, enjoy your pregnancy

[charlie]

Oh congrats on both counts Claudia. Enjoy the pregnancy, enjoy the baby, what will be, will be. At least this time you will know what to look out for, just wean with lowest fructose first. If this one does have hfi you will only need to cook one sort of diet.

[colormist]

Congrats Claudia! I'm going to agree with everyone else and say you don't need to worry about what you're eating (well, aside from the usual avoidance of alcohol etc.) as you shouldn't have to worry about what the baby is eating until s/he is outside of your body.

Also, considering all the stuff you went through with Carlitos, you've got this. If baby #2 has HFI, you know exactly what to look for and how to handle the situation. You're an expert at this point. I'm even going to go as far as to say if baby #2 has HFI, it's going to be a lot easier feeding both kids and they will have solidarity in not eating things they don't like (and shouldn't be eating). It's easier for adults to bully one kid into eating something they don't like, but it's a whole lot harder bullying two kids into eating something they don't like (speaking from experience--my younger brother has HFI and we were the biggest not a very nice persons come lunch time). Also, Carlitos will make an excellent big brother and help guide his younger sibling in what to eat and what not to eat, which will make him even more responsible with his own diet.

Of course, this is all if you new baby has HFI, if s/he is just a normal kid then you already know how to handle that situation, too!

Congrats again! So excited for you.